
Next Week on The Last Comic Shop
Enter the BWAHAHA era of the Justice League as the Last Comic Shop gang tackles vol. 6 of the historic JM Dematteis/Keith Giffen run of this title! Yep, we are going to Kooey Kooey Kooey Island, kids!!
Plus we debate what is the best format for buying comics if you want to save money in 2025!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, and Mikey Wood
Episodes
Episodes



Tuesday Feb 11, 2025
March, Book One: 2/11/24
Tuesday Feb 11, 2025
Tuesday Feb 11, 2025
In celebration of Black History Month, this week we look at the multiple award winning comic book memoir of the late, great congressman John Lewis with March: Book One, featuring art by Nate Powell.
Plus we play another of our classic comic book related games with "Scenarios" where we dare to ask questions like "Which super hero would be the best host of The Dating Game?"
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Nicole Larson



Tuesday Feb 04, 2025
Noir Burlesque: 2/4/25
Tuesday Feb 04, 2025
Tuesday Feb 04, 2025
It's a hard-boiled crime noir tale to start our second month of Season 5 here at the Last Comic Shop as we look at Noir Burlesque by Enrico Marini, recently re-released through Hard Case Crime!
Plus we dip our toes in the the True Crime Podcast waters with a brand new segment called: Four Color Crime! Yes, 4 true crime stories all with a comic book related theme!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, Mikey Wood, and Nicole Larson



Tuesday Jan 28, 2025
Super Villain Team Up Issues 10-14: 1/28/25
Tuesday Jan 28, 2025
Tuesday Jan 28, 2025
It's a Team up of Epic Proportions as we welcome pop culture leadership guru, Dr. Gordon Schmidt, to the shop this week to talk comics!
In particular, we are reviewing issues of Marvel's Super Villain Team-Up Series covering Doctor Doom's latest plot to take over the world with mind controlling gas!! It's a mid 70s story line by writer Bill Mantlo and artist Bob Hall you don't want to miss!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Host: Chad Smith and JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Dr. Gordan Schmidt (@iopsychology)
Read Dr. Schmidt's Blog on Leadership here: https://www.talentmetrics.io/blog
Check out his Leadership books on Amazon!



Tuesday Jan 21, 2025
Marvel Super Heroes, Contest of Champions: 1/21/25
Tuesday Jan 21, 2025
Tuesday Jan 21, 2025
The Battle is On! We welcome back George from Shortbox Summary to help us provide the play by play for the first ever Limited Series Event at Marvel with "Contest of Champions" by Bill Mantlo, John Romita Jr. and tons more!
Plus we look at the music, movies, tv shows, and comics released at the same time as this series in June of 1982!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Host: Chad Smith and JA Scott
Guest Panelist: George from Shortbox Summary (@shortboxsummary)
Subscribe to Shortbox Summary here: https://www.shortboxsummary.com



Tuesday Jan 14, 2025
Silver Surfer, Requiem: 1/14/25
Tuesday Jan 14, 2025
Tuesday Jan 14, 2025
It's the first Read Pile Review of our fifth season here on the Last Comic Shop as we soar those sky ways with Silver Surfer: Requiem by J. Michael Straczynski and Esad Ribic.
Plus we take a look forward by looking backwards at comic books we said we were going to read on the show that we definitely need to cover in 2025...
Maybe...
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith and JA Scott



Tuesday Jan 07, 2025
The 2025 Comic Book Fantasy Draft: 1/7/25
Tuesday Jan 07, 2025
Tuesday Jan 07, 2025
It's a Giant Sized Comic Book Event to kick off our 5th season! Join all of your past favorite hosts and guests as we draft DC Comics and Marvel Comics heroes on to our own fantasy teams to make the best line up possible!
Make sure to be following us on social media @lastcomicshop to find out how you can vote on the eventual winner!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, Mikey Wood, Ethan Larson & Nicole Larson
Guest Panelist: George from Shortbox Summary (@shortboxsummary)
Subscribe to Shortbox Summary here: https://www.shortboxsummary.com



Tuesday Dec 31, 2024
DC, The New Frontier: 12/31/24
Tuesday Dec 31, 2024
Tuesday Dec 31, 2024
Our "DC"ember celebration concludes with our final book review of our fourth season: "DC: The New Frontier" by the legendary Darwyn Cooke.
Plus it's our annual "Data Review" featuring our Top 10 picks for Best Comics of 2024!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith and JA Scott



Tuesday Dec 24, 2024
Danger Street: 12/24/24
Tuesday Dec 24, 2024
Tuesday Dec 24, 2024
Spend your Christmas Eve with the Last Comic Shop crew as we review Tom King and Jorge Fornes 12 issue series "Danger Street" from DC Comics!
Plus Santa Mikey makes a stop at the Shop to pass out comic book related presents for all our loyal listeners!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, and Mikey Wood



Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
Wonder Woman, Blood & Guts: 12/17/24
Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
DCember continues this week as we take a look at the New "52" reboot of the world famous, Wonder Woman, with the first 12 issues of Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chang's run entitled "Blood & Guts"
Plus a good old fashioned game of "Mash Ups" where we dare to pair Comic Book Characters and Christmas Icons together! Santa Superman? Rocket the Red Nosed Racoon? Tune in to see what we come up with!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith and JA Scott



Tuesday Dec 10, 2024
Green Lantern, Emerald Twilight: 12/10/24
Tuesday Dec 10, 2024
Tuesday Dec 10, 2024
"DC"ember for 2024 continues with our review of Hal Jordan's "Heel Turn" in the classic 90s Green Lantern story arc: Emerald Twilight by Ron Marz, Darryl Banks, Bill Willingham, and more!
Plus we welcome Jon Engel, the Regional Manger of New Dimension Comics & show runner of the annual Pittsburgh based 3 Rivers Comic Con to talk about his love of all things Green Lantern!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Host: Chad Smith
Guest Panelist: Jon Engel
Check out Pittsburgh's 3 Rivers Comic Con: https://3riverscomicon.com/
Find a New Dimension Comics Store Location: http://ndcomics.com/



Tuesday Dec 03, 2024
JSA, The Golden Age: 12/3/2024
Tuesday Dec 03, 2024
Tuesday Dec 03, 2024
Our second annual "DC"ember month kicks off 5 straight weeks of DC Comics with JSA: The Golden Age by James Robinson & Paul Smith!
Plus it's our first ever "Tom King of the Ring" tournament, as we decide what our next "Read Pile" selection from author Tom King will be by making 8 of his series go head to head to see which will be featured on a future episode of the Last Comic Shop Podcast!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, and Mikey Wood



Tuesday Nov 26, 2024
Dawn Runner: 11/26/24
Tuesday Nov 26, 2024
Tuesday Nov 26, 2024
While co host, JA Scott, cooks our turkey dinner this Thanksgiving, the rest of the Last Comic Shop gang will be reviewing Dawn Runner by Ram V. and Evan Cagle out of Dark Horse Comics! Yes, it's filled to the brim with Mech vs. Kaiju goodness!
Plus we give thanks for some of the amazing comics coming out right now including Absolute Batman, Treasury sized Reprints, and "proper" Silver Surfer Omnibuses!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, and Mikey Wood